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What way did the Titan submersible implode? (self.explainlikeimfive)
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How fast did the people in it die?

Of course once the sub filled with water they would die instantly because it would reach insane pressures (300-400 ATM or 5800 PSI)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is a good example, it's a hydrophone recording of a glass sphere imploding, the level of sound and echo should give you a good idea of the kind of forces we're dealing with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_qlQhBa5V4

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wow. So those echoes are literally the sound waves propagating to the surface and reflecting back to the hydrophone on the bottom at 2.62km of depth, a round trip of 5.24km for each echo. That's also a really great example of how much faster sound propagates in water.